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Edinburgh Festival

Seventy years after the Edinburgh Festival launched, Mark Stephen speaks to performers and audiences past and present to discover how it grew to become such a global success.

The Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe celebrate their 70th anniversary this year. Both events have given Edinburgh the title as the world's festival city attracting perfomers and audiences from all corners of the globe. In the first of two programmes on the festival, Mark Stephen turns his attention to The International Festival charting its beginnings to present day.

30 minutes

Last on

New Year's Day 2018 06:00

Broadcasts

  • Tue 22 Aug 2017 13:30
  • Sun 27 Aug 2017 07:00
  • New Year's Day 2018 06:00